Beijing time on April 1 news, snooker Tour Championship Top 4 was born! Luca Brechel took the final four spots. The first round of the Tour Championship is a 1/4 final in a 10-win system with 19 innings, a long-term format, and each game is a strong dialogue.
Looking back at the 4 1/4 finals, in one sentence: 2 games below the gram, the top seed is out, and the 2 Grand Slams are eliminated!
According to the single-season rankings, Zhao Xintong, who ranked first, was listed as the number one seed of this tournament. However, the top seed Zhao Xintong was out of the first round, 9-10, by Higgins, who was about to turn 47. Moreover, Zhao Xintong also once led 8-4 in the General Bureau, and was finally reversed, Zhao Xintong failed to seize the opportunity, the mentality still needs to be strengthened, you know, Higgins is not in excellent shape, and even Higgins said such an intriguing sentence after the game: I successfully pulled Zhao Xintong down to the same level as me.
In addition to the 8th seed Higgins eliminating the 1st seed Zhao Xintong, there is another game below, that is, the last 1/4 final in the early this morning, the 5th seed Brechel eliminated the 4th seed Trump 10-6.
In this campaign, like Higgins, Trump was also in poor shape, and he also came to the 4-8 trail of the general bureau, but Trump failed to complete the big turnaround, which also shows that Brechel is more resistant to pressure than Zhao Xintong, at least, from the results of this tournament, it is like this! You know, after 4-8, Trump once blasted a single shot of 140 points and 103 points in a row to chase 2 innings, setting off a crazy counterattack! However, Brechel resisted and won the next two sets to end the opponent 10-6.
Trump isn't the only snooker player to exit in the first round, and before him, another Grand Slam winner, Mark Williams, has been eliminated.
Mark Williams was killed by O'Sullivan 9-10! This peak showdown between the 75 three masters is inextricably beaten, which is a classic! In the game, O'Sullivan played more single-shot breakers (5 shots to break 100) and single-shot 50+ performances, however, Mark Williams has been biting the big score, and finally successfully dragged the game into the 19th inning of the decider, playing 19 innings, O'Sullivan won 10-9, the two joined hands to dedicate 16 single 50+, including 6 shots to break the hundred, the whole high energy, nervous excitement!
There was also a quarter-final in which defending champion Neil Robertson eliminated Mark Allen 10-6. Neil Robertson played a crazy start of 7-0 in the General Bureau, Mark Allen chased 4 consecutive innings, at one point, Mark Allen chased 6-8, and Neil Robertson shot 2 in a row to break the game. Semifinals: Neil Robertson vs. O'Sullivan, Higgins vs. Brechel.